Show-top.



Patented Iuly I, i902.

No. 703,9I2.

S H 0 W T 0 P.

(Application filed Nov. 7, 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES OEOELIA II. GOLDMAN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,912, dated July 1, 1902.

Application filed November 7, 1901. Serial No. 81,435. (No model.)

To all whom it mag/concern:

Be it known that I, CECELIA H. GOLDMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Show- Tops, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being `had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in show-tops; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts more fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a frontelevation of my invention with one of the end bars partly broken orin section to show the groove formed therein,the device being shown closed. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail showing the locking device for the slidingpanel. Fig. 3:is a perspective of the upper corner of the sliding panel. Fig. 4 is an elevation thereof with. parts broken away. Fig. 5 is a verticalsection on line 5 5 of. Fig. l, and Fig. 6 is a front elevation showing a sliding panel in an open position.

rlhe present invention is an improvement on the construction of show-tops shown and decribed in United States Letters Patent, dated July 2, 1895, and numbered 541,927, granted to Henrietta Goldman, and has for its object to materially simplify the details of construction shownin said patent. s

In detail the inventionmay be described as follows:

ReferringV to the drawings, l represents a. frame having terminal bars 2 2, each bar hav` ing two adjacent'parallel grooves 3 and 4, respectively,1unning,preferably,the`full length of the bar. Into'the inner ofs'aid grooves, orv groove 3, is inserted and xed a glass front plate or panel 5, a suitable groove 6 beingv formed in the lower bar 7 of the frame for the reception ofritslower edge. When once inserted, it is permanently secured in thek frame by staples 8, driven into the bases of the grooves 3 immediately above the upper edge of the plate. The upper edge of the fixed panel 5 is provided with a protectingstrip 9 of metal, the same being of a form to well embrace the upperzedge of said panel. Within the second or outer groove 4 is adapted toslidethe upperrail 10, the said rail having suitable terminal projecting tongues Il, whose upper edges form a continuation of the upper surface of said rail, the lower edges of the tongues terminating at their bases in shoulders 112, whose lower edges forma continuation of the base ofthe groove 13, receiving the" upper'edgeof the sliding glass plate or panel 14. The. plate'14 is additionally supported by the metallic end strips or channels 15 and bottom strip 16, embracing the corresponding edge of the plate, the end strips l5 being each-provided at their upper terminals with elongated openings for the free passage therethrough ofthe'tongues 11, the vertical edges'of the shoulders 12 abutting againstthe bases of the channels' l5 andthe upper edge of the glass l4.bearing against the lower edgesof said shoulders, (see Figs. 3 and 4,) whereby a rigid and economical and like-y wise durable construction is insured. The upperend of the `frame is surmounted by a strip 17, respectively secured tothe upper ends of the bars 2 2, the medial portion of the vertical face of'said strip being provided with abutton 18, which the spring-arms I9 19` of the locking device are adapted to jointly embrace when the panel 14 is pushed to its highest p0- sition. The arms 19 19 terminate in curved loops 2O 20, adapted to freely ride over the shank of thek stud or-button I8 for a movement of the ,panel 14 inether direction, the

xedends of the springs 19 being secured to the rail l0 bythe screw 2l, which likewise secures the operatingknob or handle`22.- Figs.

.l and 2 show'the sliding panel closed and locked, and Fig.' 6 shows the'same open.

In the present devicethe movable panel 14 drops by' gravity the moment it is released from the locking stud or button 18 and'opens instantly, and this without the use of springs, as in the patent aforesaid; otherwise the entire structure is compact and simplilied materially.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl l. A show-top comprising a suitable frame, a fixed and sliding panel for the same, parallel grooves in the sides of said frame, and a groove at the bottom thereof, an upper rail forming one of the members of the sliding panel and having a lower groove for the re- IOG ception of the upper edge of the. glass forming said panel, a tongue at eaoh end ofl said rail, and supporting metallic strips having openings for the free passage of the tongues, the latter operating in the grooves formed in the lateral bars of the frame, substantially as set forth.

2. A show-top comprising a suitable frame, a stationary and a sliding panel for the same, parallel grooves in the sides of the frame, and a groove at the bottom thereof for the reception of the lower edge of the stationary panel, an upper rail forming one of the members of the sliding panel and having a lower groove for the reception of the upper edge of the glass forming said panel, a tongue at each end of said rail forming a continuation of the rail, and having a shoulder at the base of the lower edge thereof whose horizontal or lower edge forms a continuation of the base of the groove formed in said upper rail, supporting metallic strips having openings for the free passage of the tongues, and bearing against CECELIA H. GOLDMAN.

Witnesses:

EMIL STAREK, G. L. BELFRY. 

